Blues singers : biographies of 50 legendary artists of the early 20th century

by: Dicaire, David, 1963-

Publication date: 1999

Topics: Blues musicians, Blues musicians, Bluessänger, Bluesmusiker

Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland

Collection: inlibrary; printdisabled; archiveofcontemporarymusic; audio_music; americana

Digitizing sponsor: The Archive of Contemporary Music

Contributor: The Archive of Contemporary Music

Language: English

Includes discographies, bibliographical references (pages 279-283) , and index

Blues singers included are: Charley Patton, Eddie "Son" House, Skip James, Big Joe Williams, Robert Johnson, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Johnny Shines, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, B.B. King, Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Otis Spann, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, Aaron T-Bone Walker, Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Albert Collins, Freddie King, Johnny Copeland

(cont.) Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, Willie Mae Thornton, Koko Taylor, Etta James, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Pete Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes, Blind Boy Fuller, Big Joe Turner, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Professor Longhair, and John Mayall

Profiles the lives and musical careers of fifty blues singers born before 1940